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SANDPOINT R&E CENTER--1912 1904 N. Boyer Ave., 83864 • 263-2323 • 78 acres • lab greenhouse • 1 faculty, 3 staff • http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/sandpoint/ Today Emphasis is on commercial specialty crops and sustainable production practices. Model production systems are created for billberries and other berries. Premier in the world for taming huckleberries: commercial use expected within five years. Contact Dan Barney, superintendent, dbarney@uidaho.edu UI RESEARCH PARK, POST FALLS--1997 721 Lochsa, 83854 • 777-4700 • 100 acres • labs • 2 faculty, 14 staff • http://www.uirp.com Today Jacklin Science and Technology Building houses eight companies, three university and two federal programs. UI CALS researchers in molecular biology and food sciences collaborate with electrical engineers in the Center for Micro-electronic and Bimolecular Research to develop biosensors for use in agricultural, food, and health industries. Contacts A. Larry Branen, Assoc. V.P. for North Idaho, info@uirp.com IDAHO AG EXPERIMENT STATION, MOSCOW--1892 In addition to main campus buildings, four R&E facilities are flagship filed research stations whose findings have contributed significantly to sustainability of northern Idaho's dryland crops and livestock research. They include: PARKER FARM, MOSCOW--1956 1025 Plant Science Road (2 miles east of Moscow on State 8), 885-3777 • 157 acres • 10 greenhouses • 3 staff Today Foundation seed for 8 crops; research includes plant breeding, crop variety trials for wheat, barley, canola, mustard, rapeseed, pea, and lentils; also weed, disease, and insect control and biology studies, crop rotation, conservation tillage, organic farming. Contact Roy Patten, supervisor, royp@uidaho.edu KAMBITSCH FARM, GENESEE--1993 2897 Highway 95 South • 232 acres • same staff as Parker Farm Today The Kambitsch family donated part of this land. Infrastructure planned as funds permit. Of equal importance to Parker Farm; similar research. NORTH FARM, UI CAMPUS--1940s Behind Palouse Shopping Mall • 553 acres • greenhouse • lab dairy and sheep barns • 4 faculty, 5 staff serve 200 students each semester • http://www.avs.uidaho.edu/ Today The UI Sheep and Dairy Research and Teaching Centers serve UI and Washing State University animal and veterinary science students. Sheep Center Includes 120 breeding ewes and 6 rams-purebred Suffolk and Cheviots. Flock is enrolled in the Scrapie certification program. All breeding animals are genotyped. Research benefits some 2,500 Idaho and Washington sheep growers. Idaho flocks tend to graze public lands; Washington's are more farm grown. Research serves both audiences in sustainable practices. Dairy 110 milking cows (200 cows total) for studies of fiber digestion, fat metabolism, and reproduction efficiency. Contacts Dave Casebolt (sheep), 885-3516, casebolt@uidaho.edu; Ed Wagner (dairy), 885-3526, ewagner@uidaho.edu; Carl Hunt (AVS, dept. head), 885-6345, chunt@uidaho.edu SOUTHWEST IDAHO R&E CENTER, CALDWELL--1906 |
WEST FARM, UI CAMPUS--1920 West of Perimeter Road • 307 acres • beef center, meats lab, equine center, farm operations center, meat processing lab, livestock pavilion, Holm Research Center Today Animal and veterinary science and medicine staff research ways to improve beef and dairy cattle, horse, and sheep production. Beef Center Herd includes steers for digestion trials on processing of low-quality forages and feed intake efficiency studies. Other cattle are used in production management classes and as animal models for purebred shows, sales. Equines Most famous of recent UI research is the world's first successful cloning of an equine, resulting in the 2003 birth of 3 identical mule brothers at the Northwest Equine Reproduction Lab. Research also investigates hormonal status of mares. Contacts Denny Falk (beef center), 885-6585, dfalk@uidaho.edu; Dirk Vanderwall (mule clones), 885-7414, dirkv@uidaho.edu; Ron Richard (meats lab), 885-6727, rrichard@uidaho.edu; Carl Hunt (AVS dept. head), 885-6345, chunt@uidaho.edu FOOD TECHNOLOGY CENTER, CALDWELL--2004 Caldwell Business Incubator, 1904 E. Chicago St., 83605 • 455-9650 • 7,000 sq. ft. food processing center • R&D lab • 2 staff • http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/ftc/ Today Operates a commercial kitchen and food processing pilot plant; works on applied food research and development projects for individual growers, trade associations, commodity commissions, and private companies. Contacts Drew Dalgetty, food processing supervisor, dalgetty@uidaho.edu; Jim Toomey, director, jtoomey@uidaho.edu CAINE VET. TEACHING CENTER, CALDWELL--1977 1020 E. Homedale Rd., 83607 • 454-8657 • 40 acres • 6 labs • large animal clinics • 5 scientists • 20 staff (some part time) Today Provides Washington-Oregon-Idaho (WOI) vet students opportunities for hands-on experience in food animal production medicine. Up to 65 students spend 2-4 week rotations working with livestock producers and veterinarians on food animals. focus is on production and population medicine (crowd dynamics with infection, nutritional diseases). Major research (1) Study of Johne's, a chronic incurable disease of ruminants that causes diarrhea and wasting an increasing problem for big dairies; (2) Pasteurellaceae, bacteria associated with respiratory and reproductive diseases in wild and domestic animals; (3) Scrapie and other prion diseases (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, chronic wasting disease) research is part of a huge national cutting edge effort; (4) Diagnostic services and field investigations for food animal diseases. Contacts Marie Bulgin, WOI coordinator, mbulgin@uidaho.edu; Linda DuBose, tours, ldubose@uidaho.edu SOUTHWEST IDAHO R&E CENTER, PARMA--1925 29603 U of I Lane, one mile north of Parma, 83660 • 722-6701 • 200 acres • labs • 3 greenhouses • 8 faculty, 15 staff, 1 USDA scientist • http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/parma/ Today Research to improve Treasure Valley crops. Focus is on production, storage, and related problems of vegetables, forages, cereals, hops, mint, apples and other tree fruits, grapes, and seed crops: 90 acres for row crops; 25 acres for tree fruit and small fruit research. Other programs: Plant Science emphasizes strategies to improve crop yields and quality, evaluates new niche fruits, promotes efficient water use, reduces post-harvest disorders, finds best practices for wine and table grapes. Entomology develops integrated pest management practices for hops, researches insect vectored viruses of small grains and potatoes, studies pollination systems for alfalfa and other crops. Soil Science identifies yield-limiting nutrients, evaluates green manure crops, and improves fertilizer use efficiency. Plant Pathology focuses on disease diagnosis and treatment, integrated management programs for nematodes in many crops. Contact Mike Thornton, superintendent, miket@uidaho.edu ABERDEEN R&E Center--1911 |
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U.S. SHEEP EXPERIMENT
STATION, DUBOIS--1916 6 miles north of Dubois on I-15, 83423 • 374-5364 • 3 UI staff, 6 USDA scientists • 71,000 acres of federal land Today The UI maintains a sheep herd for study by USDA scientists, to improve efficiency of lamb meat and wool production. Scientists have contributed significantly to knowledge of sheep reproductive physiology. Contact Greg Lewis, USDA, HAGERMAN FISH CULTURE EXPERIMENT STATION--1996
3059 F. National Fish Hatchery Rd., 83332 • 837-9096 • 4 acres • labs • hatcheries • 6 UI, 4 USDA scientists • <<Aquaculture Web site>> Today In the heart of Idaho's aquaculture industy alonge the Snake River, UI scientists from various disciplines conduct research for sustainable aqualculture for both commerical and conservation sciences and technologies. A commercial-scale trout fram opened in 2001, and a new 13,600 sq. ft. admin/laboratory will open in 2005. Much complex rainbow trout research is underway. Contact Ron Hardy, director, rhardy@uidaho.edu
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